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Candlestick;

No. 71,161. Patented Nov. .19. 1867.

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CHARLES P. GORELY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 71,161,dated November 19, 1867.

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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS'SHALL COME Be it known that I, CHARLES P.GORELY, .of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State ofMassachusetts,

have invented a new and useful improvement :in Portable Candlesticks, orin means of supporting illuminating candles; and do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, andfexact description thereof, duereference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, andin which- Figure 1 is a top view.

Figure 2, a side elevation of my invention. g I

One object of this invention is to provide a support for an illuminatingcandle, which shall not only hold such candle in position while burning,or previous to being burned, but shall accommodate itself to the varyingdiameter as well as height of difi'erent candles. Another object of thisinvention is to produce a candlestick compact, firm, and elegant instructure, and capable of being easily dismembered for purposes oftransportation.

The invention consists in a duplex spring-clamp, so madefthat oneportion of it shall clasp the candle and sustain it in position, whilethe other portion'of it circumscrihes a post or standard, in such manneras to support the clamp in a horizontal position, substantially ashereinafter described. I

In the drawings above referred to, as illustrating my.invention, thespring-clamp before-referred tois shown as composed of a'ribhon ofmetal, bent into such a form as to maketwo pairs ofjaws, a a and b b,semicircular, or thereabouts, in horizontal section, and the latterbeing about double the size of the former. The extremities of themetallic ribbon arebent backward from the outward ends of the jaws b 6,and extend some distance in rear of and upon opposite sides of the jawsaa, which they nearlyor quite bear against. These extremities,

e c, of the ribbon, serve, as handles, or as levers, by pressing againstthe outside of the jaws a a, to spread or,

force apart such jaws, as well as the jaws b b. When .in use, the jaws'aa are to embrace a post or standard,

02, placed in any suitable or convenient position; in the presentinstance it being screwed at its lower end into a socket, 0, making partof or fixed to the upper surface of a disk, f, as represented; the jawslib being, as before observed, for the purpose of supporting the candlein proper position previous to or whilebeing burned. The diskfis to beprovided with a folding handle, g, of any suitable construction.

In practical use of the above-described candlestick or implement, thetwo handles 0 c are to be grasped between the thumb and finger andpressed toward each other, which will open the jaws a a, and allow themtohe slipped over and embracethe upper end of the post d. By pressingthe said handles towards each other again, thejaws b b will be forcedapart and the candle inserted between them, with its lower end restingupon the disk. On releasing the pressure of the handles 0 c, the springof the metallic ribbon will force the jaws a a and b 6 toward eachother, and consequently firmly clasp both the red at and the candle.Asthe candle burns away the clamp may be lowered upon its supportingpost, until it nearly or quite reaches the disk f. ,For purposes oftransportation, the clamp is to be removed from the postal, and thelatter unscrewed from its socket e, and both placed within the diskf,thus reducing the whole apparatus to a very small or shallow compass,the handle g, of course, being raised or lowered, as occasion requires.

The advantages of my invention are, first, by its arrangements. candlemay be burned more thoroughly, and consequently with less waste, than ina candlestick which has simply a cup or circular rim to hold and steadythe candle; secondly, by the employment of the spring-clamp, candlesvarying considerably in diameter can be adjusted with equal facility,and the necessity of frequently wrapping the lower endof the candle withpaper or other material to hold it in an upright position is avoided.Furthermore, as before observed, the

arrangement admits of compactness, lightness, and elegance, in theconstruction of portable candlesticks, and

the invention, it is believed, will be of public utility and value.

I claim a support for a candle, so constructed and applied as to claspcandles of varying diameters, and

capable of being lowered with the consumption of the candle, as well asto enclose a very small portion, and

allow it to be nearly if not entirely consumed.

I also claim the peculiar construction of the duplex spring-clamp,composed of the jaws a a and b b, and

handles a c, or any mechanical equivalents therefor, substantially ashcreinbefore explained. 1

I also claim the portable candlestick, as composed of the disk f, socket0, post at, spring-clamp before described, and folding handle g, the Wole being combined andoperuting together substantially as hereinbeforrdescribed. I

CHAS. P. GORELY. Witnesses Fnnnnnrcn CURTIS, C: W. BALDWIN.

